End of life and palliative care toolkit

With the demise of the Liverpool Care Pathway, there has been much activity and collaborative working between groups involved with end of life care. Current national reports and legal guidelines for healthcare professionals to follow when caring for a person nearing end of life are found in this section.

• One Chance to get it Right: Priorities for Care of the Dying Person
• Mental Capacity Act 2005
• Dying without dignity Investigations into parliamentary complaints
• The Tracey report is a key case detailing lack of communication with families when making Do Not Attempt Cardio-Pulmonary Resuscitation decisions
• More Care, Less Pathway Independent review recommending the phasing-out of the Liverpool Care Pathway
• Summary: Priorities of care for the dying person
• GMC Guidance
• Royal College of Physicians: Improving End of Life care
• Health and Care Professions Council: Standards of conduct, performance and ethics
• Care Quality Commission end of life care myth buster How the CQC will look at end of life care and the role of the GP practice during their inspections
• Ambitions for Palliative and End of Life Care A national framework for local action 2015-2020
• A Different Ending end of life care review published by the Care Quality Commission examining inequalities in care, particularly with certain groups in society
• On the brink: the future of end of life care A report by major third sector organisations highlighting lack of choice and inequalities in care at the end of life